Joan Lader has worked as a voice therapist and teacher in private practice in New York City for nearly 30 years. Her extensive practice, which includes leading singers and actors from Broadway, Film, Opera, R&B, Rap and Rock, provides training and development of professional singers and vocal therapy for injured voices. In addition, she is a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia University, Pace University, The Voice Foundation in Philadelphia, The Pacific Voice Foundation in San Francisco, NYSTA, Berklee College of Music as well as giving numerous Master Classes and Workshops at Yale (Calhoun College), BTP(Broadway Theater Project), “The Lost Colony” in North Carolina and the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley.

Ms. Lader is a certified master teacher of the Estill Voice Training System (EVTS) and has extensive training in the Alexander Technique as well as Fitzmaurice Voice Work and the work of Arthur Lessac. Her teaching and therapy draw from all of these disciplines in order to individualize and address the specific needs of her widely varying client population.